San Diego, CA
Sledgehammer burglaries at Tierrasanta restaurants may be tied to string of crimes
Investigators say a string of break-ins in San Diego’s Tierrasanta neighborhood this past week may be linked to a larger string of crimes.
Security video shows the suspects using a sledgehammer to get inside.
Despite the surveillance camera overhead, the masked intruder went to work on the safe at Roundtable Pizza on Tierrasanta Boulevard just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday.
“He starts slamming into the safe with a sledgehammer. He was there like five or 10 minutes,” Roundtable general manager Angel Isabel said.
Isabel says he left worn out and empty handed.
“This is our fifth break-in in over two years. It is just insane that it keeps on happening,” Isabel said.
The person behind the mask found a more promising take next door at Tutuli Mexican Eatery.
“Everything was gone. All my savings. My wife and my savings were gone,” owner Alejandro Ochoa said.
Tutuli is the Ochoa family’s first business venture. They’ve been open less than three weeks. Thieves got away with thousands of dollars that Ochoa kept in the safe.
“These people don’t think about the families that are suffering,” Ochoa said.
The Tierra Santa Mexican Restaurant was robbed the Monday before last at about 3 a.m. The owner wasn’t available to speak, but employees tell NBC 7 the whole thing was caught on camera.
The surveillance cameras seem little deterrent. The San Diego Police Department is investigating these crimes and say they are likely connected to others happening countywide.
Surveillance video from Perfect Pizza in Rancho Bernardo shows a hoodie-wearing suspect sledgehammering their way through the front door. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has more on the string of burglaries in several northeast San Diego neighborhoods.
Video from Perfect Pizza in Rancho Bernardo in the early hours of Oct. 28 shows the suspect use a sledgehammer to break the window. The cash drawer was stolen. The safe had to be left behind. A hooded and masked driver picked up the accomplice. They left in a silver Infiniti.
That same morning, Todo Sushi and the Subway on Carroll Canyon Road were burglarized, possibly by the same people.
Many of these businesses are mom-and-pop operations. Owners poured in everything they must to secure a successful future.
“I was working before at different places, and my wife, to just to save money to see our dreams come true and this happens,” Ochoa said.
Losses in the Tierrasanta burglaries are felt deeply but what was left behind could prove to be of great value to police. It is just a few frames of video, but for the first time a very clear picture of the intruder’s face is seen.
San Diego police detectives say they are still gathering all the video evidence. They expect to release more information about these burglaries on Wednesday.
San Diego, CA
City considering cutting funding to resource center for those experiencing homelessness
Last week Mayor Todd Gloria released the budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal budget. Protected homeless services is among his top priorities mentioned in the proposal. However, some of the reductions he’s proposing could impact thousands of San Diegans experiencing homelessness.
Located on 17th and K Street, the Neil Good Day Center offers an array of services to nearly seven thousand people experiencing homelessness. The services include giving them a place to shower and do laundry, and connecting them to a case manager, among others.
“These are critical services that are helping people off the streets, but really better their lives and their health and their employment situation as well,” Deacon Vargas with Father Joe’s Villages said.
Deacon Jim Vargas heads Father Joe’s Villages, which runs the center. He said through their prevention and diversion strategies, they’ve managed to keep nearly one thousand individuals from falling into homelessness.
“So by helping them pay rent, or helping them with their utilities, or helping them to reunite with family,” Vargas said.
Right now, the city allocates at least $850,000 per year to the Neil Good Day Center, according to Vargas.
But the future and funding for these services are in limbo because of Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposed budget cuts.
“The impact to those whom we’ve been serving the Daily Center would be very severe,” Deacon Vargas said.
In a statement to NBC 7, Mayor Todd Gloria said in part, “We must find more efficient and cost-effective ways to address this crisis and prioritize funding for programs that provide shelter beds and maximize resources to programs that place people into permanent housing.”
Since it’s still at a proposal stage, Deacon Vargas said it’s unclear how the city will decide to move forward.
However, Deacon Vargas said services would be significantly reduced because they would be forced to operate solely on a budget of about half a million dollars they receive from philanthropy.
“The hours would be cut. Some days would be cut. We would have showers that might be impacted because they’re given seven days a week and we’d close two days a week, then the showers would be five days a week, the case management,” Deacon Vargas said.
Deacon Vargas is certain of one thing.
He would like to continue offering services at the Day Center, even if the city goes through with the funding cuts.
“As we work with individuals at the Day Center and at Father Joe’s Villages, the community becomes healthier as a result of it,” Deacon Vargas said.
The budget also recommends additional cuts to homeless services, but does not give specifics as to where those cuts would be.
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Solans, Luna, Guilavogui help RSL beat slumping San Diego, extend unbeaten streak to 6 games :: WRALSportsFan.com
SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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